Prayer: If I haven’t made my current city my watan, must I intend to stay 10 days after work trips — and how far can I go on its outskirts before travel rules apply?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Prayer: If I haven’t made my current city my watan, must I intend to stay 10 days after work trips — and how far can I go on its outskirts before travel rules apply?
English:
Question #657:
The place where I live presently is not my original watan, and its distance from my original watan exceeds the shar‘ī limit. I did not adopt this place of my work as watan, and I may stay there only for some years. Sometimes I leave it two or three days a month to make a job-related trip. Is it obligatory for me to make the intent to stay for ten days whenever I return to the city of my residence after traveling more than the shar‘ī distance? If so, what is the distance I can cover on the city’s outskirts?
Answer #657:
In the given case, you are not ruled as a traveler there, your prayer is full and you should fast there.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer